#283 at the buzzer

I was watching a basketball game that had a tie score during the last few seconds.  A player missed a shot at the buzzer, and everyone was lamenting how "he blew it."  

This seems to be an unfair burden placed on the one individual.  Why don't people consider all the other things that happened that led up to that point?  If someone else had made their free throws in the first quarter, the game may not have been tied.  A bad pass, a missed basket, a lapse in defense -- all these things earlier in the contest contributed to the closeness.  

It is easier to place blame on the most recent event, but to truly impact change we need to consider more of the whole picture.  Next time something goes awry, don't point fingers at the most recent contributor.  Rather, assess why it all came down to rely on that one culminating event in the first place.

-- beth triplett
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